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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	lord_n	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04809	An epistle [s]ent to divers [pa]pistes in England prouing [th]e Pope to bee the beast in the [1]3 of the Reuelations, and to be the man exalted in the temple of God, as God, Thess. 2.2 ... / by F.K.	Kett, Francis, d. 1589.	1585 (1585)	STC 14944.5; ESTC S2164	14,613	51

saluation commeth not from men but from God And now ye seminaryes Iesuites you enter into mens houses like smokie fire-brands you take in hand to enforce the people after your wayes that were escaped bondage Doe ye not respect the daunger which is toward them that seeke to deuour soules put stumbling blockes like Balam before the people It standeth you vpon to examine the scripturs what foundation you doe lay lest if you recant not you prooue yourselues the Locustes which come out of the bottomles pitte Reu. 9. Doe ye still ioyne the order of Aron the order of Melchisedec ioyntly as in one religion when Christ hath translated away the priesthoode of Aron with all his ceremonies then it can not bee that your doctrine religion can be good seeing ye mayntayne that which Christ hath abolished For which cause I beseech you all to search the difference of these two Pristhods and seperate them as they ought to be and I am assured that Gods grace will enter into you to see presently how far you decline from the purity of Christ his Gospell that you ma● be reformed to your soules consolation Wher●fore deare Countrey-men dearely bough● with the bloud of Iesus Christ I pray to God that such may be the fruites of this our age that the eyes of the blinde may be lightened and the eares of the deafe opened that in th● wildernes Wells may spring Esay 35. and dry ground turne to riuers for a woe is prescribed to the● that call darkenes light and light darkenes and to them that are wise in their owne sigh● and thinke themselues to haue vnderstāding For which cause it behoueth vs Esay 5. to try out th● truth by the fire of Gods holy word lest tha● we facion our selues to be seruauntes of th● bond woman Gal. 4. and not children of the free w● man Wherefore I refer your secret though● to the goodnes of God hoping that you w● consider deepely of your religion and take ●xample of the children of Israel retorned a●●er the destruction of Ierusalem into Aegipt ●aying thereby what a daungerous thing it is 〈◊〉 renounce the truth and cleaue to customs ●ntiquities and the actes of the forefathers ●eing not grounded vpon the pure word of God For they answered Ieremie saying as for thy words which thow hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lord Iere. 44. we wil not heare them but whatsoeuer goeth out of our owne mouth that wil we doe we wil offer sacrifice to the Queene of heauen as our forefathers did for then we had plenteousnes of victuales then were we in prosperity and no harme happened vnto vs but since we left to offer many stormes of troubles and euills haue greued vs Thē answered Ieremie saying forasmuch as your sinnes were so greate in such sacrifices the Lord could no longer suffer you and so this is the cause of your misery because you forsake the truth The like wounde hath the Lord geuen to you and your whole kingdome of Papisty because of your superstitious offerings to Saints and pilgrimages when you say that you had all plenteousnes But now the daies are not so agreeable in cheapenes 〈◊〉 therefore beware that you being forewa●● of the truth of the Gospell by many a true remie do not harden your selues and say wil doe as our fathers did we wil pray to S●●tes and goe on pilgrimage to such a Sain● goe offer at such a m●sse for then we ha● things cheape lest that you so cutting off truth from you doe perish with them of ●gipt And furthermore whereas you 〈◊〉 sent among vs many of your smal writing● gloses like sugred pills which hauing an● ward feeling of sweetnes are notwithstā● in the full taste thereof as bitter worm● in that you turne the word of the Gospell lawe to wormwood by inducing reasons o● the ceremonial lawe of Aron to prooue 〈◊〉 superstition which is abolished by Christ● therfore search the scriptures more thē●●●ditions that you may gyrd your selues with verity and not hurt by your writings and amples the tender sheepe of Christ But e● deepely into the bottom of your heart and c●●sider that you ought not to bring straunge 〈◊〉 ●pon the altar as Abihu Nadab did no ●ore ought yee to make other worship then the ●ospell doth commaund you contrary to the ●hich your traditions and superstitions bee ●any from which wash you and make you ●leane Esay 1. and then your sinnes though they were 〈◊〉 redd as skarlet shall be made whiter then ●owe Wherefore measure not the pure reli●●●n and truth of the Gospell by looking to the ●ife and sin of the people but try the truth by ●he very Word it selfe For wickednes will ●rowe vp among the true professors in that ●athan doth there beare greatest spight to ●rawe thē into sinne Therefore thou people of England make thee ready to mete thy God ●nd let not thy houses be ful of voluptuousnes ●nd thy Citties full of wickednes Ezech. 30. For Eze●hiel sayth that God wil powre out his indig●ation vpon sinne Therefore O England ●uffer not wilfulnes to wax greene malitious●es to growe vp vngodlines to take deepe ●oote vnmercifulnes to increase For sayth God by the Prophet Amos Amos. 1. For three or foure ●ickednesses I will not spare Iuda and Israel Damascus and Tyre Moab and Amm● For which cause hate the euill and loue 〈◊〉 good and then shall we still inioy the ble● dayes of king Asa who sayde Because 〈◊〉 haue followed the lawes and truth of God hath geuen vs peace round about And God preserue our blessed Queene long to raigne ouer vs and send vs peace in Christ Amen God saue the Queen